The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 22, 2060
Last Quarter
55.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 AM
12:29 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.2%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1699
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.2° / 242.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 02m / -17.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.44° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.72° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.87° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.